DON'T GET THE RAIN WE STAY WA DON'T GET THE RAIN WE STAY WARM. COMING UP TAKE YOU HOUR BY HOUR FOR A MORE ACTIVE WEEKEND FORECAST. THANKS, TOM. WE ARE MONTHS AWAY FROM YOUR VOTE TO MAKE MEDICAL MARIJUANA LEGAL. BUT AT A CONFERENCE PEOPLE ARE FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET ARE FOR IT. LOUIS BOLDEN, SHE SAID THIS WOMAN IS USING FOR HER DAUGHTER AND THE WOMAN SAID SHE IS NOT WAITING FOR THE LAW TO CHANGE. Reporter: YES, LISA, SHE SAID IT HAS HAD A DRAMATIC IMPACT ON HER DAUGHTER'S LIFE. SHE USES THE OIL FROM THE PLANT TO HELP TREAT HER DAUGHTER AND SHE SAYS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO USE IT WHETHER IT IS LEGAL OR NOT. MOM! Reporter: 3-YEAR-OLD DAHL IRK A MAY LOOK LIKE YOUR AVERAGE TODDLER, BUT HER SHORT LIFE HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. SHE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BRAIN CANCER AT THE AGE OF, AND HER MOTHER SAYS SHE WAS NEAR DEATH UNTIL AS A LAST RESORT, THEY TRIED MARIJUANA. SHE SAW COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. WENT FROM REGRESSING TO PROGRESSING OVERNIGHT. Reporter: SHE TOOK HER DAUGHTER TORE TREATMENT. FED UP WITH MISSING FAMILY, SHE USES MARIJUANA BUT ADMITTEDLY USES A BLACK MARKET UNDERGROUND NETWORK TO GET IT. THOUSANDS OF PARENTS USING CANNABIS MEDICINE IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA. I HAVE NO DOUBT. I KNOW DOZENS. OF KNOW OF HUNDREDS. Reporter: DAHLIA HANDLED CHEMO BETTER. SHE IS OFF MORPHINE, NO LONGER NAUSEOUS AND SAYS THE SIZE OF THE TUMOR HAS REDUCED. SHE IS NOT WAITING FOR FLORIDA VOTERS TO APPROVE MEDICINAL MARIJUANA. SHE IS ALREADY USING AND SAYS IT IS A RISK SHE IS WILLING TO TAKE. WE WILL DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO SAVE OUR CHILDREN'S LIFE AND SALVAGE THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. WE ARE NOT CRIMINALS. SHE NEW NOT HAVE TO MOVE OUT OF OUR OWN STATE. Reporter: THIS CONFERENCE TODAY WAS BALL TEACHING PEOPLE ABOUT THE BUSINESS OF MARIJUANA AND THESE CONFERENCES ARE BECOMING MORE POPULAR TOO. I SPOKE WITH ONE SPEAKER WHO SAID HE IS SPEAKING AT ANOTHER ONE TOMORROW IN CHICAGO. LISA. MOTHER. WAS SHE CONCERNED ABOUT BEING SO CANDID? Reporter: YOU KNOW WHAT, LISA, SHE REALLY WAS NOT. SHE SAYS HER DAUGHTER'S STORY NEEDS TO BE TOLD. SO SHE WAS NOT CONCERNED ABOUT IT AT ALL.

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